Crucial Assignment: Osinbajo Leaves Nigeria, Aide Reveals VP's Destination
- Reliable sources claim that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has left Nigeria for the Central African nation, Sao Tome & Principe
- Osinabjo is to represent Nigeria at the inauguration of the newly elected president, Carlos Manuel Vila Nova
- The vice president's spokesman, Laolu Akande, stated that his principal is expected back in the country in the evening of Saturday, October 2
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday, October 2, left Nigeria for Sao Tome & Principe for the swearing-in of the new president-elect, Carlos Manuel Vila Nova.
Osinbajo is to represent President Muhammadu Buhari in the inaugural ceremony in the Central African nation, Daily Trust reports.
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In a statement by his spokesman, Laolu Akande, the Nigerian vice president will join other leaders in the continent to grace the occasion, AIT News added.
Akande disclosed that his principal who left Lagos in the company of the minister of state for foreign affairs, Ambassador Zubairu Dada, is expected back in Abuja later in the day.
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Osinbajo departs Nigeria, aide reveals destination
Meanwhile, Osinbajo was expected to depart Abuja on Thursday, September 2, for Arusha, the northeastern region of Tanzania. Akande disclosed this in a brief statement in Abuja.
Akande added that his principal will be received in Arusha by his Tanzanian counterpart, Philip Mpango, and is expected back in Nigeria on Monday, September 6.
As part of his mission, Osinbajo visited the African Court of Justice and Human Rights (ACJHR), an agency of the African Union (AU) in Arusha.
Nigeria is on course for a new beginning, Osinbajo reveals why
Recall that Osinbajo had said it was in the nature of God to create new beginnings and Nigeria was on course for one, regardless of all doubts.
Osinbajo stated this while featuring at the ongoing 25th Annual Convention of the Redeemed Christian Church of God – The Americas, themed: New Beginning.
Osinbajo, a pastor in RCCG, cited the biblical story of Nathaniel who doubted whether any good thing could come out of Nazareth, and declared with optimism that despite people doubting if anything good would come out of Nigeria, the country would experience a new beginning.
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